crush (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (esp. with the feet)2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (the most gen. term)3. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (to damage or smash violently)4. contĕro, contundo, commĭnuo, frango5. prōtĕro, 3II. Fig.1. obtĕro, 32. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 33. prĕmo, 34. frango, frēgi, fractum, 35. prōtĕro, 3 (poet.)6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (strictly, to dash to the ground)7. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (rare in this sense) • crush (v.): I. Lit.: 1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (esp. with the feet): to c. frogs with the foot, ranas ob. pede, Phaedr.: to c. the eggs of locusts, locustarum ova ob., Plin.: to c. the legs, crura ob., Col. 2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (the most gen. term): the vaulted roof fell and c.'d the rest, ruina camerae oppressit ceteros, Phaedr.: Cic.: to c. a fly, muscam op., Phaedr. 3. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (to damage or smash violently): I will c. your head, elidam caput, Pl.: to c. the jaws, fauces e., Ov. 4. contĕro, contundo, commĭnuo, frango: v. to break in pieces, bruise. 5. prōtĕro, 3: v. to trample on. II. Fig.: To overwhelm; by conquest or otherwise: 1. obtĕro, 3: he had c.'d almost the whole wing, alam prope universam obtriverat, Tac.: Liv.: to c. a calumny, calumniam ob., Cic. 2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to c. a sedition, motum op., Nep. (comprimere, Liv.): v. to overwhelm. 3. prĕmo, 3: to be c.'d beneath the greatness of the taxes, magnitudine tributorum premi, Caes.: to c. an enemy, inimicum p., Curt. 4. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3: to c. and subdue nations, nationes f. et domare, Cic. Join also, frangere et comminuere (to break and shatter completely), Cic. 5. prōtĕro, 3 (poet.): to c. the Carthaginians in war, Marte Poenos p., Hor. 6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (strictly, to dash to the ground): to c. a nation in war, gentem bello af., Liv.: Cic. (The word does not, however, denote entire destruction; but rather prostration: v. to prostrate.) 7. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (rare in this sense): to be c.'d by grief, aegritudine elidi, Cic.